[Python] Attractor point recursive subdivision[PROBLEM_Error]

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Permalink Reply by Giulio Piacentino on July 9, 2014 at 2:38am

Hi Zumii

I am not exactly sure what this script should do. A recursive function, generally, does not need a for loop inside. You should try to think of a way to remove that for loop. Also, have a counter of generations, and each time you call your function again, increase it.

If you need any more help, please let me know.

Giulio
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Permalink Reply by Ángel Linares on July 9, 2014 at 4:33am

Giulio is totally right, a recursive function or algorithm calls itself to create the repetitive behaviour in the task they do. Try this and see if you understand the concept. Iteration is the other way to go and usually it uses loops in order to create repetition.

a = 0

def recursive_add(variable):

   if variable >10:

      return variable

   else:

      variable++

      print variable

      recursive_add(variable)

 

recursive_add(a)

Cheers.

Ángel.

Permalink Reply by Anders Holden Deleuran on July 9, 2014 at 6:47am

I'm not sure Python supports the ++ style of incrementing a variable. If not this should work:

variable += 1

Permalink Reply by Ángel Linares on July 9, 2014 at 8:06am

Hehehe!,

Yeah, you're right. Sorry, I've been coding in Processing last month :P It seams that I contaminated my python knowledge a bit :P

Permalink Reply by Anders Holden Deleuran on July 9, 2014 at 5:17pm

Hehe, been there myself :)